Sure!  Think of all the times Dilbert would not be in trouble if he could
say things like, "That's an idiotic idea!" as opposed to "That would mean a
paradigm shift which could potentially cause many hours of rework to the
existing infrastructure."

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Please respond to "BP - His DNA is this long."
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Subject:  Re: Programmers




In a message dated 98-06-09 08:18:55 EDT, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< I never thought I'd need the Oxford Companion to the English Language in
my
 computer programming career.  It's come in handy many a time!  However,
 I've found I'm not normal - most programmers can't compose an English
 sentence to save their lives.
  >>
Okay, Pam, can you think of a situation in which composing an English
sentence
actually would save a programmer's life?
Kathy